Global 16 Days Campaign

An initiative of @CWGL_rutgers. Join us in our campaign to #RatifyILO190 and together, #LetsEndFemicide!

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Please see below for the 2022 Campaign materials:

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💜 On this Int'l #HumanSolidarityDay, the Global @16DaysCampaign & @CWGL_Rutgers family wants to thank you for #30YearsOfActivism to ensure that a world without violence is possible for all.

💛 Be sure to continue your advocacy from 16➡️365 days, and together, #LetsEndFemicide!

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🎉 The petition to declare an International Day to End Femicide is 1!

🫶 Thank you to everyone who continued their activism from 16 ➡️ 365 days to bring us to 2200+ signatures!

✍️ If you haven't already, sign the petition and together #LetsEndFemicide! https://t.co/VYdOUnkoNH

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Day 16 –

‼️ Legal protections, gender equality, and women's rights are regressing globally, putting women's lives at risk. – @amnesty

📣 On this #HumanRightsDay, #LetsEndFemicide and keep women safe everywhere!

💻 Read more about what you can do: https://t.co/CftM2SSPmW

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‼️ Different forms of femicide, both direct and indirect, impact women throughout their lives.

💻 Check out the 2022 Global @16DaysCampaign Action Guide to see how you can take action and prevent femicide! https://t.co/aqGuWUbh7z

🫶 Together, #LetsEndFemicide!

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Day 15 –

💡 Did you know: different forms of femicide can impact women at all ages of their lives?

📌 Infancy
📌 Childhood
📌 Adolescence
📌 Adulthood
📌 Old Age

✍️ Sign the petition to help protect women of all ages and together, #LetsEndFemicide! https://t.co/VYdOUnkoNH

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❤️‍🩹 In some cultures, the honor of a woman is perceived as directly tied to the honor of her family, and if she acts "dishonorably," she is at risk of death via honor-killing, often at the hands of family.

‼️ #LetsEndFemicide and hold perpetrators of honor-killings accountable.

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Day 14 –

💡 Did you know: in some cultures, "older women are more vulnerable to sorcery-related femicide due to their economic dependence on others, or the property rights that they hold" – @UNSRVAW

‼️ Sinister beliefs must not lead to death for women!

#LetsEndFemicide

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❤️‍🩹 33% of women who experience sexual violence contemplate suicide and 13% attempt it, due to mental trauma – @RAINN

‼️ #LetsEndFemicide on college campuses by holding faculty accountable & protecting young women's mental health after traumatic incidents

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Day 13 –

‼️ In the US, ⅓ women experience dating violence, and high school & college aged women experience the highest rate of any group – @TheJusticeDept

❤️‍🩹 If left unchecked, dating violence, a form of IPV, can culminate in femicide

#LetsEndFemicide of women in #academia

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✍️ Join the Global @16DaysCampaign's call to end femicide by signing the petition to @un to declare December 6 the International Day to End Femicide: https://t.co/VYdOUnkoNH

🫶 Together, #LetsEndFemicide and make a world without violence against women possible!

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Day 12 –

❤️‍🩹 Today we remember the 14 women murdered in the 1989 #MontrealMassacre, as well as women who are murdered daily around the globe.

✊ #LetsEndFemicide because gender is not a death sentence!

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⚖️ The fall of #Roe will lead to:

📌 an increase in maternal mortality
📌 a public health crisis for WOC in the US
📌 pushback against abortion rights worldwide

‼️ @CDCgov must recognize the impact of the overturning of Roe on women's health

#LetsEndFemicide

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Day 11 –

‼️ 45% of all abortions globally are unsafe & can lead to death. – @WHO

📌 States MUST ensure that a woman's #SRHR are protected so no abortions are lethal.

💻 Learn more about abortions as a form of indirect femicide: https://t.co/qrsWoHsLPq

#LetsEndFemicide

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Systemic racism makes Black women:
📌 4x more likely to be murdered than white women
📌 2.9x more likely at risk of #MaternalMortality
📌 20% of women killed by #PoliceBrutality

💻 Learn more about Black Femicide: https://t.co/Ns2vqaBsuU

#LetsEndFemicide of Black women & girls

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Day 10 –

‼️ ¾ Black femicides happen via firearms.

📜 Reach out to your elected officials via the letter templates provided to ensure that US laws and policies protect women against gun violence. https://t.co/YOIHAFFSJQ

✊ #LetsEndFemicide of Black women and girls!

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❤️‍🩹 Girls with disabilities are “more likely to be subjected to mercy killings” and infanticides compared to “boys of similar age and disability” – @WomenEnabled

📌 #LetsEndFemicide of women and girls with disabilities!

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Day 9 –

‼️ In some cultures, disability is seen as a curse and women with disabilities as witches. Killing them is seen as getting rid of a dual burden. – @WomenEnabled

✊ On this Intl Day of Persons With Disabilities, #LetsEndFemicide of women and girls with disabilities!

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‼️ Systemic racism contributes to higher rates of #MMIWG and increased difficulty in getting justice for victims.

📣 The government MUST implement and enforce laws to protect #AIAN women and girls!

💻 To learn more about #MMIWG: https://t.co/zOl4DmZTgt

#LetsEndFemicide

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Day 8 –

📰 Journalists can help fight femicide and #MMIWG by reporting on cases and shedding light on the prevalence of the issue.

💻 Use these tips from @gbvjournalism and together, #LetsEndFemicide of Indigenous women! https://t.co/nF9tFa3D7a

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‼️ According to @UNAIDS, 7000 women & girls of reproductive age get #HIV weekly & victims of #IPV are 1.5x more likely to get HIV but no treatment, which may lead to death.

✊ On this #WorldAIDSDay, #LetsEndFemicide by ensuring women everywhere have the care they need.